Photocopied list of Tiree place-names.
Short list of Tiree place-names giving their meaning.
Photocopied list of Tiree place-names.
Short list of Tiree place-names giving their meaning.
Photocopy of a list of Celtic saints.
A list of Celtic saints in chronological order from 440 AD – 720 AD.
Valuation Roll for the County of Argyll, Parish of Tiree, 1931-2.
Valuation Roll for Tiree 1931-2.
Listing of editions of magazine called `Western Approaches` re Coll, Iona, Mull & Tiree held in Tobermory Museum
Listing of magazine editions for Coll, Iona, Mull & Tiree held in Tobermory Museum
Faxed letter from Donald Campbell, Aberdeen, with list of merchant seamen decorated in World War II.
List of Merchant seamen decorated during World War II, giving name, rank, vessel and award.
United Auction catalogue for the cattle sale held on 16/2/2002.
List of owners and stock for sale.
Photocopied computer printout from Tiree Met Office.
Monthly rainfall figures for January, February and March 1976-1995.
Historic Scotland publication `A List of Ancient Monuments in Scotland 1997`.
List of prehistoric, Roman, ecclestistical, secular and industrial monuments, crosses and carved stones.
Passenger list for the ‘Conrad’ in 1850
Transcription of the passenger list for the ‘Conrad’ in 1850.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1850 a hundred and sixty-seven men, women and children from Tiree left for Canada on board the ‘Conrad’. Between 1847 and 1853, 1354 islanders were given assistance by the 8th Duke to emigrate. This was equivalent to 27% of the island’s population in 1841.
The majority of those who emigrated were small tenants and landless cottars. Argyll Estate papers recording Tiree rentals show that between 1847 and 1861 tenants paying under £5 rent were reduced by 78% while those paying over £10 were increased by 120%.
The total number of tenancies was reduced by a third while the income in rentals increased from £2,618 to £3,394. It is undoubtedly true that the island was left more prosperous but it was at the cost of considerable social suffering.
Passenger list for the ‘Charlotte’ in 1849
Transcription of the passenger list for the ‘Charlotte’ bound for Montreal in 1849.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
In 1849, 364 men, women and children left Tiree to emigrate to Canada, 339 of them on board the ‘Charlotte’, the remainder on the ‘Barlow’. Nearly three-quarters of them were landless cottar families. Over half were aged under eighteen.
After three years of blighted potato crops, conditions on the island were appalling. The implementation of the ‘destitution test’ in the previous year meant that no-one was eligible for relief unless all their means were exhausted. All able-bodied persons were excluded.
Argyll Estate papers show a fall of 1795 in the population of Tiree between 1841 and 1849, of which some 950 can be accounted for through emigration. The rest presumably left to find employment on the mainland.